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1. Vasculature analysis of patient derived tumor xenografts using species-specific PCR assays: evidence of tumor endothelial cells and atypical VEGFA-VEGFR1/2 signalings.

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Bieche, Ivan, Vacher, Sophie, Vallerand, David, Richon, Sophie, Hatem, Rana, De Plater, Ludmilla, Dahmani, Ahmed, Némati, Fariba, Angevin, Eric, Marangoni, Elisabetta, Roman-Roman, Sergio, Decaudin, Didier, and Dangles-Marie, Virginie

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*VASCULAR endothelial growth factor receptors, *XENOGRAFTS, *TUMOR blood vessels, *CELLULAR signal transduction, *GLIOMAS, *POLYMERASE chain reaction, *GENE expression
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Background: Tumor endothelial transdifferentiation and VEGFR1/2 expression by cancer cells have been reported in glioblastoma but remain poorly documented for many other cancer types. Methods: To characterize vasculature of patient-derived tumor xenografts (PDXs), largely used in preclinical anti-angiogenic assays, we designed here species-specific real-time quantitative RT-PCR assays. Human and mouse PECAM1/CD31, ENG/CD105, FLT1/VEGFR1, KDR/VEGFR2 and VEGFA transcripts were analyzed in a large series of 150 PDXs established from 8 different tumor types (53 colorectal, 14 ovarian, 39 breast and 15 renal cell cancers, 6 small cell and 5 non small cell lung carcinomas, 13 cutaneous melanomas and 5 glioblastomas) and in two bevacizumab-treated non small cell lung carcinomas xenografts. Results: As expected, mouse cell proportion in PDXs -evaluated by quantifying expression of the housekeeping gene TBP- correlated with all mouse endothelial markers and human VEGFA RNA levels. More interestingly, we observed human PECAM1/CD31 and ENG/CD105 expression in all tumor types, with higher rate in glioblastoma and renal cancer xenografts. Human VEGFR expression profile varied widely depending on tumor types with particularly high levels of human FLT1/VEGFR1 transcripts in colon cancers and non small cell lung carcinomas, and upper levels of human KDR/ VEGFR2 transcripts in non small cell lung carcinomas. Bevacizumab treatment induced significant low expression of mouse Pecam1/Cd31, Eng/Cd105, Flt1/Vegfr1 and Kdr/Vefr2 while the human PECAM1/CD31 and VEGFA were upregulated. Conclusions: Taken together, our results strongly suggest existence of human tumor endothelial cells in all tumor types tested and of both stromal and tumoral autocrine VEGFA-VEGFR1/2 signalings. These findings should be considered when evaluating molecular mechanisms of preclinical response and resistance to tumor anti-angiogenic strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2014
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2. Aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in stored barley grain in Spain and impact of PCR-based strategies to assess the occurrence of aflatoxigenic and ochratoxigenic Aspergillus spp.

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Mateo, Eva M., Gil-Serna, Jéssica, Patiño, Belén, and Jiménez, Misericordia

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*AFLATOXINS, *OCHRATOXINS, *BARLEY, *POLYMERASE chain reaction, *ASPERGILLUS, *MOLDS (Fungi), *LIQUID chromatography
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Abstract: Contamination of barley by moulds and mycotoxins results in quality and nutritional losses and represents a significant hazard to the food chain. The presence of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), B2 (AFB2), G1 (AFG1) and G2 (AFG2) and ochratoxin A (OTA) in stored barley in Spain has been studied. Species-specific PCR assays were used for detection of Aspergillus flavus, A. parasiticus, A. ochraceus, A. steynii, A. westerdijkiae, A. carbonarius and A. niger aggregate in mycotoxin-positive barley samples at different incubation times (0, 1 and 2days). Classical enumeration techniques (CFU/g) in different culture media for evaluation of Aspergillus in sections Flavi, Circumdati and Nigri were also used. One hundred and five barley kernel samples were collected in Spanish grain stores from 2008 to 2010, and analyzed using a previously optimized method involving accelerated solvent extraction, cleanup by immunoaffinity column, liquid chromatographic separation, post-column derivatization with iodine and fluorescence detection. Twenty-nine samples were contaminated with at least one of the studied mycotoxins. AFB1, AFB2, AFG1, AFG2, and OTA were detected in 12.4%, 2.9%, 4.8%, 2.9%, and 20% of the samples, respectively. Aflatoxins and OTA co-occurred in 4.8% of the samples. Maximum mycotoxin levels (ng/g) were 0.61 (AFB1), 0.06 (AFB2), 0.26 (AFG1), 0.05 (AFG2), and 2.0 (OTA). The results of PCR assays indicated the presence of all the studied species, except A. westerdijkiae. The PCR assays showed high levels of natural contamination of barley with the studied species of Aspergillus which do not correspond to the expected number of CFU/g in the cultures. These results suggest that a high number of non-viable spores or hyphae may exist in the samples. This is the first study carried out on the levels of aflatoxins and OTA in barley grain in Spain. Likewise, this is the first report on the presence of aflatoxigenic and ochratoxigenic Aspergillus spp. in barley grain naturally contaminated with those mycotoxins using a species-specific PCR approach. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

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2011
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3. Vasculature analysis of patient derived tumor xenografts using species-specific PCR assays: evidence of tumor endothelial cells and atypical VEGFA-VEGFR1/2 signalings

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Virginie Dangles-Marie, Eric Angevin, Sophie Vacher, Elisabetta Marangoni, Ludmilla de Plater, Fariba Nemati, Sergio Roman-Roman, Rana Hatem, Ivan Bièche, Ahmed Dahmani, Didier Decaudin, Sophie Richon, David Vallerand, Laboratoire d'Oncogénétique, CRLCC René Huguenin-Institut Curie [Paris], Genetique et Biotherapies des Maladies Degeneratives et Proliferatives du Systeme Nerveux (Inserm U745), Institut des sciences du Médicament -Toxicologie - Chimie - Environnement (IFR71), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris - Chimie ParisTech-PSL (ENSCP), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris - Chimie ParisTech-PSL (ENSCP), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Département de Recherche Translationnelle, Institut Curie [Paris], Service d'Oncologie, Roche SAS, Compartimentation et dynamique cellulaires (CDC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut Curie [Paris]-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Département d’Innovation Thérapeutique et essais précoces [Gustave Roussy] (DITEP), Institut Gustave Roussy (IGR), Département d'Oncologie Médicale, Centre de Recherche, Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité-Institut Curie [Paris], This work was supported by the Comité départemental des Hauts-de-Seine de la Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer , the Conseil régional d'Ile-de-France , the Cancéropôle Ile-de-France and the Association pour la recherche en cancérologie de Saint-Cloud (ARCS), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris - Chimie ParisTech-PSL (ENSCP), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris - Chimie ParisTech-PSL (ENSCP), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut Curie [Paris]-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut Curie [Paris]-PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, BMC, Ed., CRLCC René Huguenin-INSTITUT CURIE, Genetique et Biotherapies des Maladies Degeneratives et Proliferatives du Systeme Nerveux ( Inserm U745 ), Institut des sciences du Médicament -Toxicologie - Chimie - Environnement ( IFR71 ), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ) -Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris- Chimie ParisTech-PSL ( ENSCP ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement ( IRD ) -Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 ( UPD5 ) -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ) -Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris- Chimie ParisTech-PSL ( ENSCP ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement ( IRD ) -Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 ( UPD5 ) -Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 ( UPD5 ) -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ), INSTITUT CURIE, Compartimentation et dynamique cellulaires ( CDC ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -INSTITUT CURIE-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ), Département d’Innovation Thérapeutique et essais précoces [Gustave Roussy] ( DITEP ), Institut Gustave Roussy ( IGR ), and Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 ( UPD5 ) -PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité-INSTITUT CURIE

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Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A, CD31, Cancer Research, Pathology, medicine.medical_specialty, Stromal cell, Species-specific PCR assays, Cell, Angiogenesis Inhibitors, [SDV.CAN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, [ SDV.CAN ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer, Mice, [SDV.CAN] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer, Tumor vasculature, Biomarkers, Tumor, Genetics, medicine, Animals, Humans, Autocrine signalling, Patient-deriv ed xenografts, Endothelial markers, business.industry, VEGFA-VEGFR1/2 signalings, Gene Expression Profiling, Endothelial Cells, Cancer, Neoplasms, Experimental, Endoglin, medicine.disease, Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays, 3. Good health, Bevacizumab, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Patient-derived xenografts, Vascular endothelial growth factor A, Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, medicine.anatomical_structure, Oncology, Cancer cell, cardiovascular system, Female, business, Signal Transduction, Research Article
Abstract

International audience; BACKGROUND: Tumor endothelial transdifferentiation and VEGFR1/2 expression by cancer cells have been reported in glioblastoma but remain poorly documented for many other cancer types. METHODS: To characterize vasculature of patient-derived tumor xenografts (PDXs), largely used in preclinical anti-angiogenic assays, we designed here species-specific real-time quantitative RT-PCR assays. Human and mouse PECAM1/CD31, ENG/CD105, FLT1/VEGFR1, KDR/VEGFR2 and VEGFA transcripts were analyzed in a large series of 150 PDXs established from 8 different tumor types (53 colorectal, 14 ovarian, 39 breast and 15 renal cell cancers, 6 small cell and 5 non small cell lung carcinomas, 13 cutaneous melanomas and 5 glioblastomas) and in two bevacizumab-treated non small cell lung carcinomas xenografts. RESULTS: As expected, mouse cell proportion in PDXs -evaluated by quantifying expression of the housekeeping gene TBP- correlated with all mouse endothelial markers and human VEGFA RNA levels. More interestingly, we observed human PECAM1/CD31 and ENG/CD105 expression in all tumor types, with higher rate in glioblastoma and renal cancer xenografts. Human VEGFR expression profile varied widely depending on tumor types with particularly high levels of human FLT1/VEGFR1 transcripts in colon cancers and non small cell lung carcinomas, and upper levels of human KDR/VEGFR2 transcripts in non small cell lung carcinomas. Bevacizumab treatment induced significant low expression of mouse Pecam1/Cd31, Eng/Cd105, Flt1/Vegfr1 and Kdr/Vefr2 while the human PECAM1/CD31 and VEGFA were upregulated. CONCLUSIONS: Taken together, our results strongly suggest existence of human tumor endothelial cells in all tumor types tested and of both stromal and tumoral autocrine VEGFA-VEGFR1/2 signalings. These findings should be considered when evaluating molecular mechanisms of preclinical response and resistance to tumor anti-angiogenic strategies.

Published
2014

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